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Everything I Know About Hyman Victor
A repository for information about the life of my late great grandfather Hyman Victor, a Jewish immigrant who came to America in 1913.
1883 – 1960
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The Secrets of Lonni Wernicke Wheeler Sanger
How the truth behind my grand-mother's life was revealed as gossip at her burial, and only shown to be true 20 years later.
1891 – 1987
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Suttleman Family Odyssey
Tracks the Suttleman/Zitelman family from the area around Rivne, Ukraine to Baltimore, Maryland and Curitiba, Brazil
4/18/1858 – 2011
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Motives for mercy — the consuls of Toulouse
In July 1940, consular officials from three nations conspired to open an escape route for Jews out of occupied France. Why did they do it?
May 1940 – July 1940
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Would you abandon this girl in Liverpool?
The story of how my great-grandmother almost didn't make it to the U.S.
12/4/1901 – 2000
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If walls could talk — 75 years in a Parisian villa
The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.
1932 – 2013
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Lesser Franklin and Sarah "Sallie" King Franklin
Lesser Franklin's story of travel, family history, and town building.
mar 11 1852 – Apr 19 1910
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Who Do You Think You Are: Chelsea Handler
Though raised in a Jewish household, Chelsea confronts her family’s deepest mystery: her grandfather Karl Stöcker’s rumored Nazi past.
1933 – 1944
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The Wohlgemuths in Danzig — and how they got there
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.
1880 – 1920
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The Ringels in Berlin — time of prosperity
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.
1880 – 1933
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